Kenwood TK-2170 SERIES, Function Reference

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FUNC (K)/Ver. 1.01 Confidential
Index
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CONTENTS
1 BASIC FUNCTIONS .................................1
1.1 Functions and Panel Layout ........................... 1
1.1.1 Model List....................................................... 1
1.1.2 TK-2170/ TK-3170/ TK-3173.......................... 1
1.2 Zone Description............................................. 2
1.3 Transmit and Receive Frequency ................... 3
1.4 Transmit Power............................................... 3
1.5 Channel Spacing............................................. 3
1.6 Squelch Level ................................................. 3
1.7 Compander ..................................................... 5
1.8 Beat Shift ........................................................ 5
1.9 Key Lock ......................................................... 5
1.10 Keypad Operation ........................................... 6
1.11 Call Key........................................................... 6
1.12 Mic Sense ....................................................... 6
1.13 Battery Saver .................................................. 7
1.14 Mode Reset Timer .......................................... 7
2 BASIC OPERATION.................................8
2.1 Turning the Transceiver ON/ OFF .................. 8
2.1.1 Turning the Transceiver ON........................... 8
2.1.2 Turning the Transceiver OFF ......................... 8
2.2 Adjusting the Volume ...................................... 9
2.3 Using Function Keys ....................................... 9
2.4 Changing the Zone ......................................... 9
2.5 Changing the CH/GID ..................................... 9
2.6 Channel Entry ............................................... 10
2.7 Home CH/GID............................................... 10
2.8 Direct CH/GID ............................................... 11
2.9 Receive ......................................................... 12
2.9.1 Conventional Group ..................................... 12
2.9.2 Trunking System (TK-3173 only) ................. 12
2.10 Transmit ........................................................ 12
2.10.1 Conventional Group ..................................... 12
2.10.2 Trunking System (TK-3173 only) ................. 12
2.11 Transmitting with Talk Around ...................... 13
2.11.1 Conventional Group ..................................... 13
2.11.2 Trunking System (TK-3173 only) ................. 13
3 DISPLAY.................................................14
3.1 Busy LED ...................................................... 14
3.2 Transmit LED ................................................ 14
3.3 Lamp ............................................................. 14
3.4 LCD............................................................... 15
3.4.1 Zone Name .................................................. 15
3.4.2 Zone-name Text Length............................... 15
3.4.3 Channel Name ............................................. 16
3.4.4 GID Name .................................................... 16
3.4.5 Display Character......................................... 16
3.4.6 Power-on Text.............................................. 16
3.5 Icons ............................................................. 17
3.5.1 Battery Status/ Battery Warning................... 17
4 SOUNDS................................................. 19
4.1 Tone Pattern ................................................. 19
4.1.1 Power-on Tone............................................. 19
4.1.2 Control Tone ................................................ 19
4.1.3 Warning Tone............................................... 20
4.1.4 Locator Tone ................................................ 20
4.1.5 Sidetone ....................................................... 21
4.1.6 Alert Tone..................................................... 21
4.2 Minimum Volume .......................................... 21
4.3 Tone Volume................................................. 21
4.4 Alert Tone Pattern......................................... 22
4.5 PTT Release Tone........................................ 22
4.6 PTT Proceed Tone........................................ 23
4.7 Proceed Tone Delay Time ............................ 23
5 PASSWORD FUNCTION ....................... 24
5.1 Transceiver Password .................................. 24
5.2 Read Authorization Password....................... 25
5.3 Overwrite Password...................................... 26
6 EMBEDDED MESSAGE FUNCTION ..... 27
6.1 Embedded Message ..................................... 27
6.2 Embedded Message with Password............. 27
7 COMMUNICATION PORT...................... 28
7.1 COM port 0, COM port 1............................... 28
8 KEY ASSIGNMENT................................ 29
8.1 Assigning Functions to the Selector.............. 29
8.2 Assigning Functions to PF keys.................... 29
9 TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ........................ 31
9.1 Conventional Group ...................................... 31
9.1.1 Time-out Timer............................................. 31
9.1.2 TOT Pre-alert ............................................... 31
9.1.3 TOT Rekey Time.......................................... 31
9.1.4 TOT Reset Time........................................... 31
9.2 Trunking System (TK-3173 only) .................. 32
9.2.1 Time-out Timer (Dispatch) ........................... 32
9.2.2 Time-out Timer (Telephone) ........................ 32
10 BUSY CHANNEL LOCKOUT................. 33
10.1 Busy Channel Lockout .................................. 33